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Black Jesus Voice

album by Richard Kirk

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 11, 2024
Entity authorityQ4921090 ↗
Source-derived summary

Black Jesus Voice is a solo album by Richard H. Kirk, released by Rough Trade Records in 1986. The album was also released on cassette doubled up with Kirk's Ugly Spirit album. In 1995, The Grey Area (Mute) re-released the CD.

Track listing

"Streetgang (It Really Hurts)"

"Hipnotic"

"Boom Shala"

"Black Jesus Voice"

"Martyrs of Palestine"

"This Is the H-Bomb Sound"

"Short Wave"

Personnel

Richard H. Kirk: All vocals and instruments.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Black Jesus Voice” as album by Richard Kirk. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1986, 1995—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1986. The account is most persuasive where Black, Jesus and Voice can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as album by Richard Kirk. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 11, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q4921090. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1986 and 1995.

Critical limits

Later fame can flatten the distinction between original context, subsequent adaptation and institutional collecting history. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Separate the work, its editions or performances, and its later reception. Catalogue records, publication histories and object files often preserve different parts of that story.

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  • Identifying works and editions
  • Tracing reception history
  • Finding collection records
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The original object or edition, catalogue raisonné, performance record, rights file and holding institution.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Black Jesus Voice”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Black Jesus Voice primary sources, Black Jesus Voice archive and Black research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Black Jesus Voice”?
  2. Which edition, object, performance or recording is being described?
  3. Where is authorship, date or provenance documented?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Black Jesus Voice” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.